Storm-legging.



H. B. FOWLER.

STORM LEGGING.

APPLICATION FILED APR. 12, 1907.

903,463, Patented Nov. 10, 1908.

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HENRY B. FOWLER, OF NEWARK, NEW JERSEY,.ASSIGNOR TO THE FOWLE'R-LEIGHTONCOMPANY, OF PORTLAND, MAINE, A CORPORATION OF MAINE.

STORM-LEGGING.

Specification of Letters Patent. Application filed April 12, 1907.Serial No. 367,860.

' Batented Nov. 10, 1908.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, HENRY B. FOWLER, a citizen of the United States,residing at Newark, in the county of Essex and State of New Jersey, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in Storm-Leggings; and I dohereby declare the following to be a full,

clear, and exact descri tion of the invention, such as will enable oters skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the. same.p The present invention relates to an improvement in storm leggings.

The object of the invention is to produce'a legging of thin elasticconforming material presenting a sightly and pleasing appearance andconducing to elegance of fit and security with which the legging is heldin place, and it consists in the legging hereinafter describedandparticularly defined in the claim.

In the accompanying drawing, Figure 1 illustrates the legging, and Fig.2 shows the construction more in detail.

The illustrated embodiment of the invention is described as follows:-The legging consists of afashioned body 5 provided with a twoart slit,of-which the upper art 6 extends om the top of the le gin'g dbwn to across slit 7, and of which the ower part 8 extends from the cross slitto the bottom or spat ortion of the legging. The spat is provide with aninstep strap 10 to hold the spat down over the shoe, and the. slits areprovided with fastening devices consisting of IOOkS 3 on one edge of thebody, engaging loops 4 on the other edge of the body.

The legging is made of one integral iece of thin elastic conformingmaterial, an the hooks and loops are conveniently secured in the leggingby embedding or molding their retaining portions inthe body of therubber, conveniently by thickening the ed es of the bod and having thebases of the loops and hoo s entirely surrounded by and embedded in therubber.

. inolemencies of the weather.

The im ortant features of this legging are, first,mak1ng it of thinelastic and conforming material. By making the legging of such materialit may be folded into extremely smallcompass and carried in a ladyspurse ready for use whenever a sudden storm or wet walking isencountered. This is of importance today when so many women are engagedin occu pations which take them from their homes without; properprecaution agalignst sudden ut of still more im ortance is the fact t att e thin material of which the legging is made does not excite attentionby its ugly, irregular and unsightly appearance. Another feature of theinvention resides in dividing the slit into two parts which conduces toelegance of fit and the security with which the legging is retained inproper position.

The amount of fashioning which is given the legging may depend more orless upon the elasticity of the material of which it is com osed. Thus,with more elastic materia less fashioning is needed, while with lesselastic material more fashioning will be needed.

Having thus described the invention, what is claimed is: o

A storm legging consisting of a body of thin elastic conforming materialfashioned to fit the leg and instep, and provided in its side with atwo-part slit connected by a transverse slit, the two vertical slitsbeing offset from each other, and fastening devices for securing theclosure of the slits, substantially as described.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature, in presence of two witnesses.

HENRY B. FOWLER.

Witnesses:

HORACE VAN EVEREN, DANIEL MoGrLLIvRAY.

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